How to be a grown up.

Dog update: Poppi has to have her anal gland released today (Poppi is my dog)

Transport update: Yesterday I was late for work because I missed the ferry. The captain and a couple of passengers laughed at me and the rope person shrugged his shoulders at me as they sailed away to North Shields.

I’ve been thinking about being grown up. I think I’m at a bit of a weird age at the moment. I’m 26. What SHOULD a 26 year old be doing/have done? My parents and Stuart’s parents think that we should be making babies by now and that: “we’ll never grow up until we have children”. Saying a person is not an adult because they’ve not had children is like saying a chair is not a chair if no one has sat on it. I don’t wish to be sat on just yet.

When you become an adult do you get a certificate? Or someone tells you that you are? A 26 year old is not a child so by default I’m adult. I googled ‘how to be a grown up?’ and found some tips:

1. Take responsibility for your own life.
2. Accept well-intentioned counsel from those who know and love you.
3. Your parents can't fix your problems or turn you into a kid again.

I decided to be ‘adult’ when I was reminded of the time at which I should start work (when I arrived in 30 minutes later) Really I wanted to cry and call my line manager names like idiot cow bag etc but instead I took responsibility.

In South Africa, women really aren't thought of as independent adults until after the death of their husbands and his brothers. Hmm interesting.  Not ideal.

I’ve decided to write a list of things an adult should/shouldn’t do.

Should.	Should not
Pay Bills on time	Have a leaky bath
Eat sensibly	Shout in the office
Be nice	Stay up all night playing on bejeweled blitz
Exercise	‘frape’ one's husband instead of going to bed
Be serious when appropriate	Eat only chocolate for breakfast
Have some sort of mortgage	Laugh at someone falling over in the street
Save money	Scream when a pigeon is near you
Wear matching underwear	Day dream about your hair in important meetings
Be on time	Make inappropriate ‘rape’ jokes to line manager
Have an organised filing system	Argue with old ladies at the Tyneside Cinema.

I think that this is quite a tidy box.